DEAR PATIENT FRIENDS,
You are our friends that are not “patients” but friends that have patience!!!!! At least I hope you have been waiting patiently for this Ketty Okoth update! Please forgive us for the great delay!
Our nurse Kimberly and Ketty spent almost three weeks in Nairobi, Kenya, late November and early December where Ketty received cranial radiation treatments followed by chemotherapy. Our original plan was to send Ketty’s husband, Okoth, and their daughter Millie to Nairobi at some point in the treatment. However, the treatment duration was short enough that by the time they could travel, there were only a few days left of her treatment course. She responded very well physically to these treatments. Signs and symptoms from the tumors were mostly non-existent upon return from Nairobi, and with a steady rise in strength, she continues without external signs or symptoms of brain cancer activity. A follow-up CT has not yet been performed, though a complete bone scan was completed in Nairobi showing her bones to be free of disease.
The week before Christmas she suffered from a serious respiratory infection, but recovered completely enough to have a second round of post-radiation chemo on January 2nd. She is currently slated to have a 3rd round of chemotherapy next Friday (January 23rd) and a 4th somewhere around February 13th followed by a CT scan.
Her faith has remained strong and she continues to be an encouragement to others. Because Kimberly is currently in the United States, and our clinic staff has reduced by two nurses this year, I personally have been making the daily rounds to obtain her vital signs and check on her progress. So, I have first hand knowledge of the great encourager she is!!! No visit goes by without a mention of the goodness of God. No visit is completed before she has expressed her faith in His hand on her life. And frequently we read His word together and pray before I take my leave from her each day.
Please continue praying with us for her healing. She has proven over and over that the miracle healing of God is reality, and we continue to hope and pray for her complete healing.
Up to this point in our journey, finances have consistently been enough. This is significant as her total care to this point has cost more than $20,000! Thank you to those of you who have given to the Ketty Cancer Fund. Each chemotherapy round requires roughly $1000 for everything: accommodation, transportation, medicines, hospital fees and follow-up care. In her cancer care fund we currently have about $2000 with two more treatments due and a CT scan. I am not sure of the exact nature of the CT evaluation, whether or not it will be just of the head or also of other parts of the body, so I am unable to give an expected cost at this point. We hope to know more in a few weeks.
I am hopeful that she will completely recover. Her dream is to be able to share her miracle story throughout Uganda. She is passionate about others hearing of the great love, compassion and power of our God. Please pray with us that she would be able to realize this dream.
Also, please continue to pray for her family. The children will be starting school in two weeks. They have enjoyed being on holiday while having their mom around all day every day and are hopeful for her healing. Uncle Okoth remains hopeful for his wife’s healing, but is even more encouraged when receiving messages of your prayers and faith.
Thank you for standing with the Okoth family!
Most sincerely and with thankfulness,
Mary Britton
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